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COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy lowers preeclampsia risk
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (452+ words) COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy may lower the risk for preeclampsia and other complications, according to new data. Teji told Healio that the results also "open the door for research for understanding the pathways of preeclampsia etiology, yet unknown, and interactions…...
Crinecerfont enables reductions in androstenedione, improves reproductive hormones
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (726+ words) ORLANDO " In patients with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia, crinecerfont conferred meaningful reductions in glucocorticoid dose and androstenedione level in children and improved reproductive hormone levels in adults, new data show. New findings from the CAHtalyst pediatric study and the CAHtalyst…...
Thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy linked to higher autism risk for offspring
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (174+ words) Women who have thyroid dysfunction both before and during pregnancy may have increased risk for having a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, researchers reported in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. There were 51, 296 women in the study, of whom…...
Glycemic management in gestational diabetes may impact obesity risk for offspring
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (331+ words) Women with gestational diabetes who have good glycemic management have similar odds of having offspring with obesity as women without gestational diabetes, according to data published in Diabetes Care. Of women in the study, 7. 2% were diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Among…...
Services targeting rheumatology visits increased reproductive health counseling rates 625%
6+ day, 39+ min ago (464+ words) Referrals to family planning specialists increased by more than 600% following a series of interventions targeting rheumatology providers and patients of childbearing age, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research. The interventions included a check-in form detailing the patient's pregnancy…...
Placental abruption raises offsprings" risk for heart disease, death
1+ week, 1+ day ago (417+ words) People born to mothers who had a placental abruption during pregnancy had a greater risk for CVD and death by age 28 years vs. those whose mothers did not experience this complication, data in Journal of the American Heart Association show....
Maternal COVID-19 vaccination protects infants for up to 6 months
1+ week, 3+ day ago (322+ words) COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy protected infants up to 6 months after birth, according to a study published recently in Pediatrics. The study is part of a larger research project in Scandinavia investigating COVID-19 in pregnancy, according to lead author Helena Niemi…...
Hormonal contraception not linked to idiopathic intracranial hypertension
2+ week, 16+ hour ago (644+ words) No significant link was observed between hormonal contraception use and the prevalence of idiopathic intracranial hypertension in women, according to the results of a meta-analysis published in Neurology. "Health advice for people living with idiopathic intracranial hypertension is inconsistent due…...
Some antiseizure medications may be safer than others during pregnancy
2+ week, 4+ day ago (601+ words) Valproate use during pregnancy appeared to raise the risk for neurodevelopmental disorders in children, according to a study in BMJ, which is in line with previously described neurotoxic effects of the drug. Other antiseizure medications had no such associations. However,…...
Early-onset preeclampsia may cause developmental delay in preterm children
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (269+ words) Although other domains of child development were affected by hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and its subtypes, the relationships were not statistically significant, according to data published in JAMA Network Open. Geng Chen, MMSc, of the Graduate School of Medicine…...